Hazy deep copper color with a thin tan head. Almost untraceable grain aroma. Roasty and toasty grains with a sugary taste and a metalic hop finish. Sweet sticky, medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, cloyingly sweet. Some sort of spice that stings the toungue. The fact that they added sugar and say so in the label is a bad sign to me. They’re not lying, you can taste the sugar... OR you could just make a better beer.

12oz poured from bottle. Smells grassy with an almost overpowering sourness. Looks fantastic, but palate falls short; watery with too much head during pour, no matter how slow. Body also represents the taste. Not much there at all to speak of. Tastes like a watery beer is basically the only way to describe it.
A highly disappointing seasonal

christmas eve.
pours a cola brown with a medium foamy off white head.
dark fruit aroma. some dark cake like sweet malt in there.
flavour is a little muted. Light roasted maltiness, plum and orange fruit sweetness. hints of christmas-ish spices. Though very light.
Overall, a toned down abbey ale, but still a decent introduction for BMC drinkers who might reach for this during the holidays.

Pours a dark orange with red tints. Head is very large, frothy, and off-white/light tan. Very grain – centric nose. I picked up perhaps just a hint of candi sugar and maple syrup. Overall, the aroma is rather bland. Mildly sweet, mildly sour flavor. The sourness comes from some raw grain and wet wheat notes primarily. Finish is glassy, slightly metallic, and lightly to moderately sour with some cardboard notes. Not Belgian in the least, and not very "winter warmer" either. It is what I expected - disappointing, overpriced, and bland.

Mahogany colored with a small fizzy beige head that faded quickly. Mild spice and yeast aroma. Flavor is a bit of yeast with an herbal spiciness and a faint hint of malt. Light bodied and minimal carbonation. This doesn’t really work as a winter abbey but it’s not a bad beer so I can at least finish it.

Two 12 oz bottles as a gift from a friend. Aroma is faintly spicy and belgian yeasty. Flavor is light caramel, candy sugar, a little wheaty. Medium body with sharp finish. This beer is not great, but its a little bit interesting and fairly drinkable. Its miles ahead of some of the other Blue Moon offerings I have tried lately, specifically the Pale Moon, Honey Moon Summer Ale, and the Full Moon Winter Ale.

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